Central cord syndrome of cervical spinal cord injury: Widespread changes in muscle recruitment studied by voluntary contractions and transcranial magnetic stimulation

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 399-406

  Alexeeva, Natalia ^a   Broton, James G ^a   Suys, Sonia ^a   Calancie, Blair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; Human; Muscle contraction; Spinal cord injury; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0031427399     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6689     Document Type: Article

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